‘You are the museum and the illusion’ – that is the theme of Berlin’s new Museum of Illusions. And for good reason: here, visitors young and old bring the illusion to life and therefore become part of the exhibition in which touching is explicitly permitted!

“Our visitors are allowed to experiment as the fancy takes them. It’s about fun, creativity and about engaging in something new,” explains the managing director Michael Posch. And this can be imagined as follows: unbelievable rooms, optical and haptic illusions, as well as holograms, games and kaleidoscopes test the brain and promise a museum experience of the special kind for young and old alike.

“Some illusions take you apart because you can’t believe your eyes and simply can’t grasp it,” says Posch. Whether people, dwarfs or giants that stick to the ceiling, a head without a body, or a somewhat different kind of chair, time in the museum broadens one’s horizon and exercises the brain. Special photo points encourage visitors to take selfies and other extraordinary shots to get lasting memories. Particular highlights too, are the play areas with sustainable wooden toys, and the many impressive tangrams, 3D puzzles and riddles are fun and also train motor skills.

Five new illusions are planned for 2019 which will convey the topic of fear of heights through virtual reality. A visit to the Museum of Illusions is therefore always worth it!